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Originally Posted by Zeus
Scariest part to me is that the pace of the research exceeds our current ability to legislate and rationalize it. Before we can ask "Should we...", we are already at "so that's what that does..."
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Natural philosophers quit asking that question about 600 years ago resulting in the Renaissance. Releasing the mind and will of man is dangerous -- just ask any religion. Human nature is fundamentally flawed in that view and to keep it in check requires submission to God's holy word.
I agree with you that the pace of change has far outpaced our ethical and biological ability to control it. A brief reading of the Bible or the story of Gilgamesh or of the Iliad reveals that man has changed not at all in the past 3K-4K years. Our technological ability outpaces natural selection. I can't think it will end well.
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